Professor Siew Siang Chua

School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia

Siew Siang Chua is formerly a Professor and the Head of the School of Pharmacy in Taylor’s University, Malaysia. She has retired and appointed as an Adjunct Professor by Taylor’s University. Currently, she is a member of Taylor’s University Human Ethics Committee.

Prof. Chua obtained her Bachelor of Pharmacy (First Class Hons) from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). She served as a hospital pharmacist in Malaysia for about 4 years but has to resign as she was awarded the Postgraduate Research Scholarship from the University of Queensland to pursue her PhD degree in Pharmacy Practice. After obtaining her PhD degree, Prof. Chua started her academic career in the pharmacy twinning programme between the Institute of Technology MARA (ITM) and the Northern Consortium of the United Kingdom (NCUK). In 1995, she was transferred to the University of Malaya, as one of the pioneer lecturers of the pharmacy programme in this university where she served for 22 years. In 2017, Prof. Chua retired from her government service and joined the School of Pharmacy in Taylor’s University, Malaysia.

Prof. Chua’s main research areas are related to community and hospital pharmacy practice which include medication safety and pharmaceutical care. She has published numerous research papers in refereed journals and presented in many national and international conferences as well as involved in organizing various conferences. She has also published a book on Community Pharmacy Practice in Malaysia and another book on Pharmaceutical Care in Practice: Simulated Clinical Cases for Pharmacy. She has served as a peer reviewer for various national and international journals for more than two decades.

In addition, Prof. Chua has been a very active member of the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS) and had served as a council member as well as involved in various activities initiated by the Society. She was also the Assistant Principal of the Malaysian Academy of Pharmacy until 2024. Prof Chua has also served in various committees under the Ministry of Health Malaysia. These included the Pharmacy Board of Malaysia and the Drug Control Authority. She was involved in the development and formulation of the Community Pharmacy Benchmarking Guideline, Criteria for Continuous Professional Development and Guidelines on Approval and Recognition of a Pharmacy Programme in Malaysia. She has been appointed as one of the panel assessors for pharmacy programmes in Malaysia since 1998 and currently, she is still involved in the accreditation of pharmacy programmes in Malaysia.

Updated 28 November 2023